Fires when the active tab in a window changes. Note that the tab's URL may not be set at the time this event fired, but you can listen to tabs.onUpdated events to be notified when a URL is set.
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tabs.onActivated
Syntax
browser.tabs.onActivated.addListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onActivated.removeListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onActivated.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
-
addListener(callback) -
Adds a listener to this event.
-
removeListener(listener) -
Stop listening to this event. The
listenerargument is the listener to remove. -
hasListener(listener) -
Check whether
listeneris registered for this event. Returnstrueif it is listening,falseotherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
-
callback -
Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:
-
activeInfo -
object. ID of the tab that was made active, and ID of its window. See the activeInfo section for more details.
-
Additional objects
activeInfo
-
previousTabId -
integer. The ID of the previous activated tab, if that tab is still open. -
tabId -
integer. The ID of the tab that has become active. -
windowId -
integer. The ID of the tab's window.
Examples
Listen for and log tab activation events:
function handleActivated(activeInfo) {
console.log(`Tab ${activeInfo.tabId} was activated`);
}
browser.tabs.onActivated.addListener(handleActivated);
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
onActivated |
Yes | 14 | 45 | ? | Yes | 14 | ? | ? | 54 | ? | 15 | ? |
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json in the Chromium code.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/tabs/onActivated